Conveyer.



- W. L. BODMAN.

GONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1909.

1,004,976. Patented 00a. 3, 1911.

srrrrs rarest WALTER L. BODMAN, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR Tb ISAAC RHEINSTROM,

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 3, 1 3M.

Application filed June 7, 1909. Serial No. 500,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ivrurrnn L. BODMAN, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a conveyer, primarily adapted for use in breweries, or other analogous arts, in which it is desirable to transport crates of bottles or like articles from one point to another.

The object of the invention is to provide a series of stands adapted to be linked to gather and each carrying anti-friction or rolling mechanism, forming a continuous in cline-plane when'the stands are connected and upon which the articles can he placed and automatically transmitted by gravity along the inclined chute-way.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is .a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

Each stand preferably consists of four upright legs 1. They are connected by iongitudinal rods 2. The upper ends of the legs are screw threaded.

8 represents brackets adjustably secured thereto, connected by transverse rails 4, coupling two legstogether. The adjustment permits the top of the stand to be given a suitable incline. A roller 5 is journaled atthe end of each leg, so that the stand as an entirety is movable longitudinally. The front and rear legs on each side are connected respectively by the longitudinal rods 9, carrying the pins 10.

ll represents glass rollers of spool-shape rotaiably held between each pair of pins, a single roller exteniiling transversely across the stand. The stands are linked together by latches 13 engaging bolts 14. Gach stand thus constitutes a unit, and the several units are linked together to form a continuous chute-way.

The stands can be conveniently separated and cmivenicnt-ly rolled to any part of the building and reunited to form the desired length of conveyance. The rollers are comparatively cheap and light, and have a low coetficient of friction.

Having described my invention 1 claim 2- 1. A conveyor formed of a pair of cylindrical rods, a series of rollers journaled on said rods at intervals, each provided with convex carrying sect-ions and concave hearing sections.

2. A conveyor formed of cylindrical rods supported at an incline, a series of rollers, each provided with convex carrying surfaces and concave bearing surfaces, journaled upon said rods at intervals at the concave bearing surfaces.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

WALTER L. BODMAN. Witnesses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, EMMA Srnnnn. 

